I am thinking to upgrade my XPS 15 - 2011 edition.
It came with i7 2630QM. The machine is still working and hosts 16 GB RAM DDR3 and 512 GB SATA SSD.
Point is it is getting older, it gives trouble sometimes, mostly abrupt flickering of screen. I have already replaced its screen several times.
Using this machine for long, I have grown with feeling that i7 is the processor to go for my performance needs.
I mostly multi task. Open 30-50 tabs in chrome, open software development tools, like IDE, database server running and MS Word etc.
I love when machine flies without hickups and making me slow.
XPS 15 originally shipped with HDD not SSD and 8GB RAM, and also used to go slow under heavy loads. even with i7.
With 16 GB and SSD upgrade, this machine flies high.
So I have doubt, what should I focus for my next laptop. Is i7 really that important or I can stay happy with good version of i5 with fast large RAM and secondary storage?
I have shortlisted Lenovo C940 14" with 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD. I am thinking if I should opt for i5-1035G4 or i7-1065G7.
I compared these two processors and found these differences on Intel's site:
I feel the difference between the two (last column of above table) is very less and hence performance difference between between i5 and i7 will be negligible.
I also checked other processor comparison sites for reference.
cpu.userbench.com: It gives 69% to i7 and 65.7% to i5
versus.com: it gave 79 points to i7 and 78 to i5
I can save $100+ if I opt for i5. I am of the opinion that there is not much performance difference between the two processor. Am I correct with this? Can I opt for i5 over i7?
It came with i7 2630QM. The machine is still working and hosts 16 GB RAM DDR3 and 512 GB SATA SSD.
Point is it is getting older, it gives trouble sometimes, mostly abrupt flickering of screen. I have already replaced its screen several times.
Using this machine for long, I have grown with feeling that i7 is the processor to go for my performance needs.
I mostly multi task. Open 30-50 tabs in chrome, open software development tools, like IDE, database server running and MS Word etc.
I love when machine flies without hickups and making me slow.
XPS 15 originally shipped with HDD not SSD and 8GB RAM, and also used to go slow under heavy loads. even with i7.
With 16 GB and SSD upgrade, this machine flies high.
So I have doubt, what should I focus for my next laptop. Is i7 really that important or I can stay happy with good version of i5 with fast large RAM and secondary storage?
I have shortlisted Lenovo C940 14" with 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD. I am thinking if I should opt for i5-1035G4 or i7-1065G7.
I compared these two processors and found these differences on Intel's site:
i5-1035G4 | i7-1065G7 | Difference | |
Base Frequency | 1.1 GHz | 1.3 GHz | 0.2 GHz |
Max Turbo Frequency | 3.7 GHz | 3.9 GHz | 0.2 GHz |
Cache | 6 MB | 8 MB | 2 MB |
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency | 1.05 GHz | 1.10 GHz | 0.05 GHz |
I feel the difference between the two (last column of above table) is very less and hence performance difference between between i5 and i7 will be negligible.
I also checked other processor comparison sites for reference.
cpu.userbench.com: It gives 69% to i7 and 65.7% to i5
versus.com: it gave 79 points to i7 and 78 to i5
I can save $100+ if I opt for i5. I am of the opinion that there is not much performance difference between the two processor. Am I correct with this? Can I opt for i5 over i7?